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Metaphorical Poetry Lesson Plan

Metaphorical Poetry Lesson Plan

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Metaphorical Poetry

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Twelfth graders read and discuss poems by Jewel., Sylvia Plath, and Langston Hughes They examine poems for examples of metaphors and similes. After discussing Jewel's poem Lost, they write their own poems. They hold a poetry reading in their classroom "coffeehouse."

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metaphors, figurative language, literary devices, similes

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metaphor, simile

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12th

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English Language Arts

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